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L. G. REYNOLDS. MANIFOLD COPYING DEVICE.

No. 475,155. Patented May 17, 1892.

' NITED ATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS G. REYNOLDS, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAYTON PRINT- ING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MANIFOLD-COPYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,155, dated May 17, 1892.

Application filed February 27, 1892. $erial No. 423,015. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS G. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold-Copying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a manifold-copying pad which contains a stifi backing-support upon which the memorandum half of the leaves is supported, the other part of the cover being flexible, so as to fold over the pad in the form of abook. This form of construction allows the user to write upon the pad even without resting it .upon a solid surface and readily detach the memorandum and copy slip, which are then separated.

Another object of my invention is to so combine the carbon or copying paper and the pad that the carbon-sheet lies down smoothly upon the copying series of leaves, whether it bea full pad or all the leaves removed but one, instead of being secured to the top of the pad and over the stubs, which, as the leaves are torn out, makes a shoulder and causes the carbon to tear readily or be punctured by the pencil when writing is done at or near the top of the sheet, which is very inconvenient in use. 7 By the principle of construction herein shown I am enabled to make either a side or end opening pad with the carbon so attached that it follows and lies down closely upon each leaf successively as the leaves are tornout one after the other. By making one-half of the back of card-board or other inelastic material and supporting the carbon upon this and folding the memorandum-slip over the carbon it forms a pad upon which the user can readily write without danger of tearing the carbon, and it forms a block or pad which can be readily folded and put into the pocket.

Many advantages are obtained in the construction and operation of the device herein shown, which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of an end-opening pad. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a sideopening pad. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of Fig. 1 or Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the block of leaves ready for slippingthe carbon-sheetinto position through the slit and binding the sheets together and to the back.

A represents a bundle of leaves.

1) represents a series of perforations in the center line.

0 represents the memorandum-slip, and d the copying-slip.

5 represents a slit pierced through the block of leaves at one end or side of said block.

B represents a carbon-paper, which is provided with a tongue 2, which is passed through the slit 8 and is bent forward under the block, as shown in Fig 3.

0 represents a back, preferably made of card-board or other stiff material, upon which, the copy-slip end of the block is placed. It is secured thereto, preferably, by staples D, and then a thin binding-strip E is pasted to the back O and bent around over the end and top of the block, serving as a finish and covering the staples D.

0 represents a flexible cover secured to the stiff cover-back O and projected beyond the memorandum-slip. This flexible cover readily folds with the copying-slips over upon the memorandum-slips and pad, so that it may be carried in the pocket in the form of a book.

An inferior modification would be to make the parts 0 and 0 both of flexible material, and it would embody one of the advantages that of avoiding the shoulders and tearing of the carbon-but such a pad would not be suitable to write upon after the leaves were partially exhausted, except by resting it on a solid surface.

It will be observed that there is no line of go perforations through the copying-slips at the attaching end of the pad. It therefore requires more force to detach the leaves at the binding end; but this is an advantage, particularly in those forms which are made up of leaves numbered in consecutive order, wherein the absence or loss of one sheet is a serious matter, as the liability of' accidental detachment of said leaves is avoided, and yet they can be readily torn ofi from the block. The slit 8 causes the paper all to be torn out under the carbon-sheet, so that it follows close venient for use.

down upon the next leaf, thereby furnishing a smooth surface for writing. This is avery important feature in the side-opening book, as shown in Fig. 2, and allows the user to write close up to the margin, whereas if the carbon-paper was on top of the stubs formed by the detachment of the leaves it would not follow,down upon it, and would be torn or punctured by the pencil'point and not con- To illustrate this idea, Fig. 2 shows a part of the leaves detached and a shoulder, as at i), but the carbon is below the shoulder, as it follows down as the slips are detached and lies close upon the next leaf, whereas if it were upon the top of the pad it would have to be bent down over the shoulder and it would then be easily torn or displaced, and besides it would not be possible to Write close up to the edge without puncturing the carbonpaper with the pencil-point, which would cause a waste, besides making the side-opening form almost impracticable. This improved form makes the carbon-paper more durable, as well as the pad more convenient. The binding-strip E, pasted over the end of the book, holds the stubs in position and prevents the loosening of the stubs and leaves and forms a finish to the pad. The stubs are held in position by the binding after the leaves of the pad have all been used. There is as a consequence a bound stub for every detached leaf, and the number of'niemoranda used may be verified by the stubs.

I do not claim a center-bound book with the tongue 0 passing through the slit and forming the binder, as that form of construction is shown in Letters Patent No. 467,019, granted me January 12, 1892.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A memorandum-pad consisting of a seing a slit 8 outside of the binding portion, and

the carbon-paper 13, provided with the tongue 6, passing through said slit, the lower half of said series of leaves being longer than the carbon and adapted to fold over the same, substantially as specified.

2. A memorandum-pad consisting of a series of leaves firmly bound at one end to the rigid back 0 and having a slitsoutside of the binding portion, and the carbon-paper B, provided with a tongue e, passing through said slit, the lower half of said leaves being longer than the carbon and adapted to fold over the same, substantially as specified.

3. A memorandum-pad consisting of a series of leaves bound at one end to a rigid cover 0 and having a slit 5 outside of the bindingline, and the carbon-paper B, provided with the tonguee, passingthrough said slit and under the binding, the outer end of the series of.

LEWIS G. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

WM. S. LANDER, T. A. REGLER, Jr. 

